Five new playes, (viz.) The madd couple well matcht. Novella. Court begger. City witt. Damoiselle. By Richard Brome.

Author/creator Brome, Richard
Other author Brome, Alexander, 1620-1666.
Other author Cross, Thomas, fl. 1632-1682, engraver.
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Publication InfoLondon : Printed [by T[homas] R[oycroft]] for Humphrey Moseley, Richard Marriot, and Thomas Dring, and are to be sold at their shops, 1653.
Description[482] p. : port. (metal cut)
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SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
Contents The madd couple well matcht -- The novella -- The court begger -- The city wit -- the damoiselle.
General notePartly in verse.
General noteEditor's dedication signed: A. Brome.
General noteThe words "madd couple .. Damoiselle." are bracketed together on title page.
General noteThe portrait is signed: T. Cross sculpsit.
General notePrinter's name from the Pforzheimer Catalogue. "The copy was divided between two compositors. One set-up through sheet S; the other, the remainder"--Pforzheimer Catalogue.
General noteSignatures: pi1 A (-A6-8) B-S; A-F G⁴; A⁴ B-F G1-3 (=A6-8).
General note"The novella" and "The court begger" each have separate dated title page; register is continuous. "The city wit" (Wing B4866) and "The damoiselle" (Wing B4868) each have separate register and dated title page with "printed by T.R." in imprint. There is no indication that the latter two plays were ever issued separately, though they are sometimes found so (Greg).
General noteAnnotation on Thomason copy: "May 20".
General note"The Novella" identified on UMI microfilm (Early English Books 1641-17700) reel 1773 as wing B4880.
General noteWith 16 final advertisement pages.
General noteReproductions of the originals in the British Library and the Harvard University Library.
References Wing (2nd ed., 1994) B4870.
References Wing (2nd ed., 1994) B4866.
References Wing (2nd ed., 1994) B4868.
Citation/References note Pforzheimer 107.
References Thomason E.1423[1].
Citation/References note Greg, III, p. 1021-22.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Thomason Tracts ; 182:E1423[1])
Other titleThe madd couple well matcht.
Other titleThe novella.
Other titleThe court begger.
Other titleThe city wit.
Other titleThe damoiselle.
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